"There is a need for what Polanyi calls the critique of doubt. When we undertake to doubt any statement, we do so on the basis of beliefs which–in the act of doubting–we do not doubt. I can only doubt the truth of a statement on the ground of other things–usually a great many things–which I believe to be true. It is impossible at the same time to doubt both the statement, and the beliefs on the basis of which the statement is doubted." (Lesslie Newbigen, from The Gospel in a Pluralist Society)
When I was in seminary, Howard Hendricks (aka "Prof") gave us a little card with the books of the OT chronologically arranged. The scanned copy I have was a bit blurry and I wanted to make something like this available for our church class in OT theology ("Story of Redemption"). A few minor edits and here it is...
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